Are We Victims of Diet Sabotage?

When you’re trying to lose weight, it gets challenging when our friends and loved ones can be our greatest obstacles. Most of the time, we are surrounded by supportive, helpful people but sometimes the need to speak up for your diet success is a necessary evil.  It’s essential when those nagging comments keep lingering in your head destined to throw you off course if you’re not mindful.

Here’s a few of my “favorites” you may have heard before:

— "You're doing so great -- you can have one little piece."

— "Honey, I like a little meat on my women."

— “What’s wrong … you’re wasting away!”

— “Are you sure it’s safe to lose so much weight so fast?"

— “It’s your birthday – one piece of cake won’t hurt”

Sometimes the comments revolve around food, but the saboteurs don’t stop there. They will attempt to attack your fitness program too. Maybe you’ve heard some of these as well:

— “Lifting weights will just make you big and bulky like a man”

— “Your fitness program is too expensive – it’s not worth it”

— “Don’t you feel selfish spending all that time at the gym?”

Do any of these sound familiar? These people, consciously or not, are trying to sabotage your diet. Why? Some people do it as a way to control you. Others withweight issues feel threatened or competitive. They tend not to feel very goodabout themselves and want everyone to be just as miserable.

We know that one piece of birthday cake may very well be that trigger to cause us to reach for more sweet treats. We know it is safe to lose this much weightbecause we’re working with professionals to help us reach our health andfitness goals. We love our workouts, our gym, the people we workout with. Most of all, the results we’re staring at in the mirror are priceless!

Don’t let these comments get you out of your zone! If you do, you’ll likely fall victim to diet sabotage. Talk with your friends and family. Explain to them how these comments make you feel and how better they can help you reach your goals. Better yet, get them to join you! They’ll feel better about themselves and you can feel great knowing you encouraged someone to get healthy and active.

Keep your eye on the prize at all times and you WILL prevail!